tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post4028615431572143280..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: ANOTHER LISTLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-42938474282657023232009-02-06T16:32:00.000-05:002009-02-06T16:32:00.000-05:00M:I was thinking of Salinger's 9 Stories (isn't th...M:<BR/>I was thinking of Salinger's 9 Stories (isn't that the actual title?)---you know, "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish," "For Esme, with Love and Squalor," etc. Have you read Tobias Wolfe?<BR/>TPWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-54876237743949776652009-02-05T16:35:00.000-05:002009-02-05T16:35:00.000-05:00Yeah J. D. Salinger I thought of (Flannery's on th...Yeah J. D. Salinger I thought of (Flannery's on there) but wasn't sure if SYEMOUR and RAISE HIGH THE ROOFBEAM CARPENTER are considered short stories of novellas. Dubos (sp.?) is good too as are Erdrich and early Beattie. So I guess I agree with you! I've read some of Alice Munro's stories that I dug too, but not enough to make a call.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-87603960945113862322009-02-05T16:29:00.000-05:002009-02-05T16:29:00.000-05:00Dear M:Tobias Wolfe is my favorite short-story wri...Dear M:<BR/><BR/>Tobias Wolfe is my favorite short-story writer. Ann Beattie's early stories are really good. Andre Dubos, Flannery O'Connor, and Louise Erdrich would be on my list as well. J. D. Salinger? <BR/>yrs,<BR/>TPWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-75849931789781838132009-02-04T17:50:00.000-05:002009-02-04T17:50:00.000-05:00Nice additions. I dug Baldwin and Capote. King's w...Nice additions. I dug Baldwin and Capote. King's written a few I admire as well. Carver's I admire, but I have to admit they're not stories I want to read again. There was always something missing for me, and after all the noise about the editorial decisions that were only revealed posthumously, it made sense to me.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-89219550582422509332009-02-04T16:47:00.000-05:002009-02-04T16:47:00.000-05:00James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" is one of my favor...James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" is one of my favorite shorts, no doubt because I lived a similar New York story. Tried some of his other work - it did nothing for me.<BR/><BR/>And what of Ray Carver?Mike Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583185238378171350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-36664846396870106812009-02-04T15:05:00.000-05:002009-02-04T15:05:00.000-05:00You have these letters already, but Stephen King, ...You have these letters already, but Stephen King, believe it or not, has written many fantastic short stories including The Body, which was turned into the movie "Stand By Me" with River Phoenix.<BR/><BR/>And Truman Capote; one of my all time favorites being "Children On Their Birthdays," and the incredible "A Christmas Memory," perhaps one of the least-sentimental but deeply emotional stories ever written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com